Valentin's Aquarium

The scientific names are provided from the sales agent. In case there is only a vernacular name available, standard aquarium publications are used to infer the scientific name. In case of microorganims we'll do a survey of respective literature to find potential organisms that might live in the tank. In all cases we'll use the original or subsequent treatments to figure out, whether the provided names are correct and which ones we consider the correct identification.

The fact that the complexity of a name changes over time raises even more the wall to the access to scientific knowledge.

The above combination easily adds to hours of research and conversion work for many of the species. Multiply this with close to 2 Million species this is a daunting task to say the least - or just an unbelievable disjunction or disconnect of science and knowledge in the public - knowledge we use on a daily base - and mess.

This is an ongoing work I'll continue on a regular base just to assure me in what life we operate and spend millions of hours and tax money. The only positive side of this is that there is prospective publishing available, that removes most of this impediment at least for taxa dealt with (see Beyond dead trees)